Gaffetastic!

Where Am I...? During an August 14th speech, Biden attempted to fire-up the audience when he told them: "We need you to go out there and make sure, ladies and gentlemen, that with you, and I mean this: With you, we can win North Carolina again. And if we do, we win the election if we win you."

Unfortunately for Biden, the speech was delivered in Danville... Virginia.

Who Is He...? One upping himself, the following day the VEEP made another campaign stop at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va. The former member of Congress seems to have forgotten the elected office his soon-to-be debate opponent holds: "Congressman Ryan and the congressional Republicans, as one person said, had all, have already passed in the Republican House what Governor Ryan is promising to give the whole nation."

Paul Ryan is the representative from Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District. He's never served as the governor of any American state or territory.

What Century Is This...? Possibly sensing he was on a roll, the constitutional spare tire attempted to aggrandize Obama's mega-multi-billion dollar bailout of General Motors: "Once again General Motors [is] the largest automaker in the world. Folks, where is it written that we cannot lead the world in the 20th century in making automobiles? Ive not seen it written anywhere."

Yet again, unfortunately for Biden, this is the 21st century.

Get Excited, will ya? About 200 Turkish-American and Azerbaijani-American Obama donors learned one April morning at a breakfast in Washington, DC. that, when attending a Joe Biden fundraising event, you can't just show up and write a checkyou've got to get excited! In typical Biden fashion, the ever-jovial VP teased the crowd for being subdued. "I guess what I'm trying to say without boring you too long at breakfast--and you all look dull as hell, I might add," he said. "The dullest audience I have ever spoken to. Just sitting there, staring at me. Pretend you like me!"

Carry a Big Stick Biden attempted to explain how President Obamas foreign policy is better than Mitt Romneys by referencing Theodore Roosevelts classic quote, Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. Joe decided to hone in on, perhaps, the most important part of Roosevelts words saying, I promise you, the President has a big stick. I promise you. Bidens words instantly sent minds into the gutter, eliciting laughter from his audience and many a dirty joke on Twitter. New York magazine chose to interpret the VPs words literally and put forth a gallery displaying The Many Sticks of Barack Obama.

Offending the Irish Biden has shown before that he loves a good doubleor even tripleentendre. In March, he welcomed Irelands prime minister to the White House by sharing An old Irish saying that his Grandfather Finnegan probably made up: May the hinges of our friendship never go rusty. Biden insisted that when it comes to the friendship between the U.S. and Ireland, theres no doubt about them staying oiled and lubricated here. When Joes audience erupted in laughter, he added, Now, for those of you who are not full Irish in this room, lubricated has a different meaning for us.

In another speech, amid several Irish proverbs and sayings, Biden referenced the prime ministers mother, saying: God rest her soul. Then the VP had a realization: Wait, your moms still alive! It was your dad who passed. God bless her soul! Biden corrected his mistake, the audience roared, yet it was unclear whether the PM found Bidens blunder amusing.

Joes big f-bomb "This is a big f---ing deal!" An open mic caught the vice president uttering these congratulatory words to Obama during the health care law signing ceremony on March 23, 2010.

Keep calm and panic! "I wouldn't go anywhere in confined places now. When one person sneezes it goes all the way through the aircraft. That's me. I would not be, at this point, if they had another way of transportation, suggesting they ride the subway." -- Biden, trying to allay public fears about swine flu, in a Today show interview, April 30, 2009

Get up, man! Biden asked Sen. Chuck Graham to stand up to be recognized by the crowd at a rally on Sept. 9, 2008. Apparently, Biden somehow forgot that Graham uses a wheelchair. "Chuck, stand up, let the people see you," said Biden. Oh, God love ya...What am I talking about?"

You know, the guy who said the oath. Jill and I had the great honor of standing on that stage, looking across at one of the great justices, Justice Stewart," Biden said in an apparent reference to Justice John Paul Stevens, who had just sworn him in as vice president, Jan. 20, 2009.

Math isnt his strong suit. "If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30 percent chance we're going to get it wrong."  Biden warning members of the House Democratic caucus that they could face flak for the $900 billion economic stimulus bill, Feb. 6, 2009.

Wheres a crisis when you need one? "Remember, I said it standing here, if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy." Biden, telling donors at a private fundraiser in Seattle that Barack Obama would likely be tested by an international crisis during his first few months as president, Oct. 20, 2008.

Maybe you should have gone with Hillary "Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States of America. Let's get that straight. She's a truly close personal friend. She is qualified to be president of the United States of America. She's easily qualified to be vice president of the United States of America. Quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me. But she's first rate."  Biden praising Obamaa former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sept. 10, 2008.

Generous - to a fault. "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."  Biden, being complimentary about fellow Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Jan. 31, 2007.

Equal opportunity offender "In Delaware, the largest growth of population is Indian-Americans, moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking. -- Biden was talking the support he enjoyed among Indian-Americans in a private comment captured on C-SPAN in June 2006.

Stealing someone elses line "I started thinking as I was coming over here, Why is it that Joe Biden is the first in his family ever to go to a university?"  Biden during his first presidential run, Aug. 23, 1987. He lifted passages of that speech from a speech by British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock. The plagiarism revelations led Biden to bow out of the race.

Depressed about History "When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed,'' Biden told anchor Katie Couric on the CBS Evening News. "He said, 'Look, here's what happened.' ''

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“Mitt Romney has selected Paul Ryan as his running mate. They say this could be a big boost for the Republican ticket and I was thinking, ‘Well, Joe Biden could be a big boost for the Republican ticket, you know?’” David Letterman

“Vice President Joe Biden said today that he had to ask his wife Jill to marry him five times before she said yes. Five times! Joe, that’s not a proposal, that’s harassment.” Jay Leno

“A reporter in Florida was forced into a closet by Joe Biden’s staff to keep him from talking to guests at a fund-raiser. The guy said it wouldn’t have been so bad if Biden wasn’t already in there for the same reason.” Jimmy Fallo

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posted on 08/17/2012 7:31:01 AM PDT
by a fool in paradise
(Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)

“Sarah Palin has managed to use her failed vice presidential run to put herself in a position of power and influence. Joe Biden won the race and he hasn’t been able to put himself in a position of power and influence.” Craig Ferguson

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posted on 08/17/2012 7:35:57 AM PDT
by a fool in paradise
(Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)

1. I will vote Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I’ve decided to marry my German Shepherd.

2. I will vote Democrat because I believe oil companies’ profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn’t.

3. I will vote Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.

4. I will vote Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.

5. I will vote Democrat because I’m way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.

6. I will vote Democrat because I believe that people who can’t tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don’t start driving a Prius.

7. I will vote Democrat because I’m not concerned about millions of babies being aborted so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.

8. I will vote Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to free health care, education, and Social Security benefits, and we should take away the social security from those who paid into it.

9. I will vote Democrat because I believe that businesses should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as the Democrats see fit.

10. I will vote Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.

11. I will vote Democrat because I think that it’s better to pay billions for their oil to people who hate us, but not drill our own because it might upset some endangered beetle, gopher or fish.

12. I will vote Democrat because my head is so firmly planted up my butt, it’s unlikely that I’ll ever have another point of view.

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